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Historiated initials.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Initials containing scenes or figures germane to the text.

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Miniatures and historiated initials, chiefly cut from service books., 14th century-early 16th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.25243
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Miniature of the baptism of Christ in an architectural setting, cut from a choir-book possibly from eastern Europe, ?14th century (number 1); (ii) Scene of knights cut from a French prose romance, 14th century (number 2); (iii) Two leaves from a Book of Hours, northern France, 15th century (numbers 3-4). The miniatures depict the raising of Lazarus from the Office of the Dead, and St James the Great from the Suffrages. (iv) Miniatures and initials cut from...
Dates: 14th century-early 16th century.